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46 CFR § 169.849 - Posting placards containing instructions for launching and inflating inflatable liferafts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s169.849"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 169.849 - Posting placards containing instructions for launching and inflating inflatable liferafts."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "169.849"
section_name: "Posting placards containing instructions for launching and inflating inflatable liferafts."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "NAUTICAL SCHOOLS"
part_number: "169"
part_name: "SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 169.117 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."
regulatory_source: "CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "169"
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# 169.849 Posting placards containing instructions for launching and inflating inflatable liferafts.

Every vessel equipped with inflatable liferafts must have posted in conspicuous places readily accessible to the ship's company and guests approved placards containing instructions for launching and inflating inflatable liferafts. The number and location of such placards for a particular vessel shall be determined by the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.